The first blast came from Washington Post columnist Harold Meyerson who wrote an article titled "Episcopalians Against Equality" in which he bemoaned, "Don't look now, but Virginia is seceding again."
He said the vote by the churches to leave was a protest "to its increasingly equal treatment of homosexuals."
Read moreVOL believes that the other persons invited include Anglican Network leader, Pittsburgh Bishop Robert Duncan, Ft. Worth Bishop Jack Iker and possibly John-David Schofield, Bishop of the San Joaquin, whose dicoese has threatened to leave the Episcopal Church. VOL has obtained no absolute confirmation that these are the persons the Archbishop of Canterbury is referring too.
Read moreLeHardy said characterization by a news report from the Episcopal News Service that there was serious dissent and people would leave, was simply not true. "There was a sweet spirit throughout the time of voting. This is a close knit community, there was no anger. Nothing has changed. The service and liturgy and preaching will remain exactly as it is."
Read moreGood Shepherd parishioners and vestry recently voted to leave The Episcopal Church with more than two-thirds saying they wanted out.
Bishop Wallis Ohl met with those who wanted to remain, and then wrote a letter to those who wanted to leave Good Shepherd saying they had to vacate the church property by January 6, 2007.
Read moreHer views on the relationship between science and faith has also raised eyebrows with her saying that creationism is not a tenable position that any right minded person could possibly hold onto without violating evolutionist icon Charles Darwin.
"The bigger picture behind evolution I find a wonderful coherence in what the bible talks about creation and the Big Bang. There is a poetic sense in Genesis, a poetic sense of scientific understanding of creation," she said.
Read more"With the consent to the election of V. Gene Robinson as bishop of New Hampshire, a divorced man now living in an openly homosexual relationship, the overwhelming majority of our members decided in good conscience that they could no longer continue their financial support of Church structures which they believed to have acted contrary to Holy Scripture and the Church's traditional teachings regarding sexual morality," he said.
Read moreIt was a day of mixed emotions and personal reflection. There was gladness that a decision had been made and finality had been reached. There was sadness too, that four hundred years of history had ended, with many families tracing their lineage and genealogy through numerous generations of Episcopal Church membership. The graveyards are full of illustrious Episcopalians, military, ecclesiastical and political, figures remembered and revered.
Read moreIn packed parishes, with standing room only at both services, the two churches were told that they had voted overwhelmingly to leave, with Falls Church parishioners voting 90 percent to leave the denomination and a second vote of 94.3 percent to retain the church properties. The Rev. John Yates made the announcement at the conclusion of the 9.00am service. There were gasps from the congregation but there was no cheering or clapping.
Read moreFor the nine years that he was Frank Tracy Griswold's chancellor, Beers was restrained, staying in the shadows, refusing to return phone calls, maintaining a low profile, largely because Griswold kept a muzzle on his legal pit bull. He was there, but he was not there.
With the ascendancy of Mrs. Schori to lead the church, Beers has taken on a more public role, leaping almost breathlessly into the fray over property ownership; in turn advising, bullying, coercing and threatening.
Read moreThe Evangelical leaders believe the local congregation is the basis for raising up a generation of new leaders and hint broadly that they will seek outside support for themselves.
They say that the Church of England as a confessing church, is not about human structures or administration, but it is built on Scripture, beliefs and behaviour.
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